Philippine-Italian Sales Alliance Targets Indie Film Buyers in Asia, Europe and North America (EXCLUSIVE)
Philippine sales company Fire & Ice Media and Italy’s Coccinelle Film Sales have formed an alliance to market selected independent films to buyers in Asia, Europe and North America. Announced at Busan’s Asian Contents & Film Market, the partnership aims to combine the companies’ regional expertise and contacts to secure distribution beyond the films’ home markets.
The first group of films has been selected but not yet disclosed. Fire & Ice was presenting Filipino titles including the sports drama “Bilyarista”, queer ensemble film “Open Endings” and Philippines-Japan thriller “Crosspoint”, alongside works by Brillante Mendoza. The companies say the collaboration adds the Philippines to Coccinelle’s existing Asian sales relationships in South Korea and Thailand.
- Fire & Ice and Coccinelle have formed an international sales alliance.
- The partnership will target buyers across Asia, Europe and North America.
- Its first selected films have not yet been named.
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Independent films are usually made outside the major studio system and may need sales companies to find distributors in other countries. Distributors decide whether to release a film locally, and how audiences can watch it.
Fire & Ice Media is a Philippine sales company, while Coccinelle Film Sales is based in Italy. Their alliance links contacts in different markets, with the aim of helping selected films reach buyers across Asia, Europe and North America.
The films chosen for the partnership have not been named. Fire & Ice has presented Filipino films including “Bilyarista”, “Open Endings” and “Crosspoint”; the alliance also builds on Coccinelle’s existing sales relationships in South Korea and Thailand.